Manuscript by Sir George Buck
Manuscript by Sir George Buck, entitled 'A commentary upon the new roulle of Winchester, com[m]only called Liber Domus Dei & especially concerning the baronage, & ancient nobility of England.
Together with a supplement of other ancient noble families of this kingdom ... faithfully gathered out of royall, & publik archives, roulles, & charters: & out of private evidences, histories, & other monumentes authentik ...', with descriptions of arms, and pedigrees, in another hand, some arms emblazoned in the margin, and (fols. 472-81) an index in Buck's hand. A note in a 19th-cent. hand on fol. ii assigns the notes in 'small handwriting' to Roger Hill (1605-67).
Dates
- Creation: c. 1614-1621
Extent
490 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. b. 106, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. b. 106
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17236
Abstract
Manuscript by Sir George Buck
Biographical / Historical
Sir George Buck (bap. 1560, d. 1622) was an English master of the revels and historian.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Owned by G. Halswell.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from his son W. S. Halswell, 1972.
- Title
- Manuscript by Sir George Buck
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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Weston Library
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